NMI comes next to Papua New Guinea with its women team leading in 200 Meters Sprint, 800 Meters Sprint and 400 Meters Sprint.
PNG’s Toea Wisil finished first in the 200 Meters earning 10 points with her 24.72 seconds. Her compatriot, Mae Koime placed second with 24.77 seconds.
NMI’s Yvonne Bennet finished third with 26.82 seconds for which she scored 8 points.
In 100 Meters Hurdles, Monique Lafaialii was the fastest with 16.59 seconds, followed by NMI’s Jacque Wonenberg who placed second with 18.05 seconds and was just 69 milliseconds faster than Ana Tenorio also of NMI.
PNG’s Betty Burua lead the 400 Meters Sprint with 56.58 seconds followed by Fiji’s Salote Mereula who finished the track in 60.95 seconds.
Yvonne Bennett of NMI came third with 61.34 seconds; Kirsten Hurley of New Zealand fourth with 61.37 and Kelsey Berryman also of New Zealand finished fifth with 61.61 seconds.
NMI’s Wonenberg was third placer in Women Long Jump as she leaped 4.57 meters. Last Saturday, she topped the Women Triple Jump totaling 9.59 meters.
Makelesi Tumalevu topped the said event as she went 5.84 meters in the final jump. Next to her was Cook Island’s Maki Sama Lockington who leaped 4.96 meters.
NMI’s Reylynn J. Sapong placed fourth in 800 Meters Run finishing 2 minutes and 57.79 seconds. The leading runner was Salome Dell of Papua New Guinea as she came in 2 minutes and 8.96 seconds.
In Men Open, NMI ranked third with 74 points.
Rank 1 was Fiji with 79 points and Papua New Guinea ranked 2 with 76.50 points.
NMI’s Tyrone Omar who placed second during last Saturday’s 100 Meters Sprint came down to 10th place as he finished the run in 23.08 seconds.
Fiji’s Isoa Me and Iowane Dovumatua finished first and second respectively. Me ran in 22.23 seconds while Dovumatua finished it in 22.57 seconds.
Me also finished first in Men 400 Meters Sprint with 48.45 seconds followed by PNG’s Mowen Boino with 48.45 seconds.
In Men Long Jump Open, New Calodenia’s Frederic Erin placed first as he reached 7.63- meter marker. Next to him was Sandy Katusele who fouled in the first attempt but leaped 6.90 meters far in the final try.
NMI’s Greg Duatin was in the seventh place as he leaped 5.81 meters, Jesus Iguel jumped 5.67 meters in the final attempt, Trevor Ogumoro leaped 5.35 meters.
Leslie Copeland of Fiji threw farthest in Men Javelin Throw reaching 66.18 meters in the final try. Dennis Taripo of Cook Islands placed second throwing 45.27 meters far.
In Men Hammer Throw, Australia’s Thomas Mcguire reached 45.15 meters in the final try and his fellow Travis Ambrum came35.20 meters.
